Police end dig for clues for missing toddler Ben Needham on island of Kos

The police dig for clues over the disappearance of toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island where he vanished 25 years ago has ended after three weeks.
South Yorkshire Police said officers formally ended their search on the island of Kos on Sunday afternoon.
Ben, from Sheffield, disappeared on July 24 1991 after travelling to the island with his mother and grandparents.
The search operation was prompted by information that digger driver Konstantinos Barkas, also known as Dino, may be responsible for the toddler's death, as he was clearing land with an excavator near where Ben was playing on... read more

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The police dig for clues over the disappearance of toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island where he vanished 25 years ago has ended after three weeks.
South Yorkshire Police said officers formally ended their search on the island of Kos on Sunday...

The police dig for clues over the disappearance of toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island where he vanished 25 years ago has ended after three weeks.
South Yorkshire Police said officers formally ended their search on the island of Kos on Sunday...

Detectives searching for missing British toddler Ben Needham on Kos have said they are extending their stay on the Greek island.
Officers have begun looking at a second search area close to where Ben, then 21 months old, disappeared from a farmhouse...

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Officers have begun looking at a second search area close to where Ben, then 21 months old, disappeared from a farmhouse...

The mother of missing toddler Ben Needham has been told to "prepare for the worst" by detectives who suspect he died 25 years ago.
British investigators on the Greek island where the 21-month-old vanished believe he may have been crushed to...

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British investigators on the Greek island where the 21-month-old vanished believe he may have been crushed to...